IanA's Targa Florio Special Build

[Lucky@LeMans]

Great to see you are out there enjoying the car Ian.

[IanA]

Originally Posted by Lucky@LeMans

Great to see you are out there enjoying the car Ian.

It's my daily driver so it made sense to use it for the trip. I'd never driven that journey solo before and was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable the seat was for that length of time. Due to the outside temperature and the varying speeds due to hold-ups, heavy traffic, etc I did miss thermostatically controlled heating that graces later cars. Isn't it a tough life!!!
During my usage of the car, the average mpg has been 28 whereas my overall for this journey was 34. It has the 2.0 6cylinder engine.

[IanA]

Good headline?

The context is that the TFS insurance is due at the end of the month. Premium before tax and broker fee was GBP83.50 last year. This year GBP530. The insurance company Markerstudy has stopped offering vehicle insurance and the replacement offered (Highway) doesn't like me parking on the road. Obviously the risk is unchanged but the industry's attitude has changed. I'll find a space off the road somehow and pay GBP150.

That's if I can't find another company- Equity Red Star has been mentioned.

Hagerty provided a park-off-the-road policy for GBP350 which included all sorts of benefits- UK & European recovery, home start and an interesting total loss package- if the car is written off, you get the full agreed payout but get to retain the "wreck" for free !!!

I've cross-posted this in the "Rebody" section on zroadster.org and have had some interesting but depressing replies!

[IanA]

2gether have just provided a quotation of GBP248 with... Highway !!!